Benjamin kuhns and charles scholz



nxuxms & c. SCHOLZ. SEED-CUPS FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

Patented May 2,1876.

N-PETEXS, PNOTOLITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, D C

NITED STATES BENJAMIN KUHNS AND CHARLES SOHOLZ'," OF DAYTON, OHIO,ASSIGNORS TO THE FARMERS FRIEND MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, or- SAME- PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-CUPS FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,965, dated May 2,1876; application filed December 30, 1875..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BENJAMIN linens and CHARLES SOHOLZ, of Dayton,'inthe county of Montgomery. and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Seed-Cups for Grain-Drills; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification-- I Figure 1 being a sectionalelevation of our improved cup and attachment, showing the cup inposition, the feed-wheel in dotted lines,-

the flexible grain-conductor attached tothe cup, and'the projecting lipor plate for preventing the detachment of said conductor when inoperation. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, showing the parts abovedescribed,

the position of the flexible conductor when in use being shown in dottedlines, and the p0 sition in which it has to be placed, in order thatit'may be detached from the cup, in full lines.

Corresponding letters 'refer to like parts in both figures. i

-This invention relates to seed cups for grain-drills; and it consistsin an attachment thereto which is designed to prevent the detachment ofthe flexible grain-conductor therefrom when in use, i

It is well known that grain-conductors, when hooked upon the cup in theordinary way, are liable to be detached, in consequence of the rising ofthe hoe, which .would have the effect to unhook the conductor from thecup, so that, when the hoe should fall to its normal position, the grainwould not be conducted thereto, but would be scattered promiscuouslyupon the ground.

The objectot' this invention is to prevent theunhooking of thegrain-conductor from the grain-cup when the same is in a position to beused and, to effect this, we construct the cup as hereinafter described.v

A in'the drawing represents the seed-cup, which may be of any desired.form of construction that will admit of there being attached to it aprojection or plate, A which is placed at the lower portion of the sameand underneath the feed-orifice'A as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.The upper end of the grain-conductor B is made of metal, and ofsubstantially the form shown, in order that it may be hooked uponprojections G O, attached to the cup A. This metallic portion is made toextend downward from the point of attachment for a sufficient distanceto enable it to receive and hold the flexible portion B which conductsthe grain to the hoe.

It will be seen that the portionB of the conductoris provided with booksB B which, as above stated, engage the projections 0 0 upon the cup A,and, in order that the attachment maybe made, it is necessary that itshould be turned into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, whenthe hooked portions B will'p'ass over the projections 0, when, byturning it to the position shown in dotted lines, the upper beveledportion B of the conductor B will pass behind the lip or projection Aand into a groove formed behind the same, as shown in Fig. 1, which willhave the efi'ect to prevent the unhooking or disengaging of theconductor when in use by the rising of the hoe, or from any other cause,as it can only be disengaged by turning it into the position in which itwas placed when it was attached to the cup.

vIt is not our intention to limit our invention to the form of the partsshown, as it is apparent that it may be changed without departing fromthe object of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat-- out, is v 7 1. A seed-cup for grain-drills, having uponit projections O O and a projecting lip or plate, A, arrangedsubstantially as described, whereby it is made to engage with theconductor, and prevent the same from being detached from the cup when inuse, as set forth. 2. The combination and arrangement of the eup A,providedwith a lip o r;-piate,uA ;.an(I cum-own:inventiom weaffix;oursignatures in projections O G, with a gmin-eonductor, propreseuceebfltwo witnesses.

vided with books for attaching it to said cup 1 BENJAMIN KUHNS. and aprojecting portion for engaging thelip CHARLES SGHOLZ. or plate,substantially as and for the purpose Witnesses:

set forth. .GEO. M. YOUNG,

' In testimony that we claim the foregoing as CHARLES JMC-KEE.

